All Saints’ Church, Church Lawton | |
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53°05′55″N 2°16′04″W / 53.0987°N 2.2678°W | |
OS grid reference | SJ 822 556 |
Location | Church Lawton, Cheshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | http://www.allsaintschurchlawton.co.uk/ |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | Late 11th century |
Founder(s) | Hugh de Mara, Lord of Lawton (?) |
Dedication | All Saints |
Events | Struck by lightning 1652 Nave destroyed by fire 1798 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 14 February 1967 |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Norman, Perpendicular, Neoclassical |
Completed | 1923 |
Construction cost | £8,000 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Tower: red and buff sandstone Body: brick, tile roof |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Chester |
Archdeaconry | Macclesfield |
Deanery | Congleton |
Parish | Church Lawton |
Clergy | |
Rector | in Interregnum |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Margaret Cruxton, Beverlie Boulton |
All Saints’ Church stands on a mound close to Lawton Hall in the small village of Church Lawton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building,[1] and is an Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Congleton.[2]